He's one of the world's best-known journalists. <br /><br />Now, an image of the boy reporter Tintin has set a record price for a comic at an auction in Paris.<br /><br />An original 1932 cover of "Tintin in America", drawn by the Belgian artist Herge, has been purchased by an anonymous bidder for a record price of $1.6mn.<br /><br />This sale proving once again the Tintin comic series, which first appeared in 1929, is still extremely popular. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's John Joe Regan reports.
